take pride

English

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Verb

take pride (third-person singular simple present takes pride, present participle taking pride, simple past took pride, past participle taken pride)

(idiomatic, intransitive) to be proud of (usually followed by in or of)
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
  Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

Synonyms

take stock in
pride oneself

Translations

be proud of

Esperanto: fieri

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